Westgate Project – Historic House

What does this mean to the homeowner and architect/builder team who wants to renovate their home?

A house is classified historic by the city when it’s over 50 years old. In our case the house was built in 1926, so it’s close to a hundred years old. And it’s very likely that others have made changes before us. Typically most cities have a planning code historic restriction like this.

The bottom line is that we can’t significantly change the front of the house, or facades that can be seen from the sidewalk.